Rhodium trifluoride

Rhodium trifluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula RhF3. It is a red-brown, diamagnetic solid.

Rhodium trifluoride
Names
IUPAC name
Rhodium(III) fluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
Properties
RhF3
Molar mass 159.90070 g·mol−1
Appearance red-brown solid
Density 5.71 g/cm3
Structure
Trigonal
R3c
a = 4.873, c = 13.550[1]
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Synthesis and structure

The compound is prepared by fluorination of rhodium trichloride:

2 RhCl3 + 3 F2 → 2 RhF3 + 3 Cl2

According to X-ray crystallography, the compound adopts the same structure as vanadium trifluoride, wherein the metal achieves octahedral coordination geometry.[1]

References

  1. L. Grosse, R. Hoppe (1987). "Zur Kenntnis von Sr2RhF7. (Mit einer Bemerkung zur Kristallstruktur von RhF3)". Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie. 552 (9): 123-31. doi:10.1002/zaac.19875520914.
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